On sets defining few ordinary planes

DOI10.1007/S00454-017-9935-2zbMATH Open1395.51016arXiv1606.02138OpenAlexW2963195447MaRDI QIDQ724952FDOQ724952

Simeon Ball

Publication date: 26 July 2018

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $S$ be a set of $n$ points in real three-dimensional space, no three collinear and not all co-planar. We prove that if the number of planes incident with exactly three points of $S$ is less than $K{n}^2$ for some $K=o(n^{frac17})$ then, for $n$ sufficiently large, all but at most $O(K)$ points of $S$ are contained in the intersection of two quadrics. Furthermore, we prove that there is a constant $c$ such that if the number of planes incident with exactly three points of $S$ is less than $frac12n^2-cn$ then, for $n$ sufficiently large, $S$ is either a prism, an anti-prism, a prism with a point removed or an anti-prism with a point removed. As a corollary to the main result, we deduce the following theorem. Let $S$ be a set of $n$ points in the real plane. If the number of circles incident with exactly three points of $S$ is less than $K{n}^2$ for some $K=o(n^{frac17})$ then, for $n$ sufficiently large, all but at most $O(K)$ points of $S$ are contained in a curve of degree at most four.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02138

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zbMATH Keywords

eight associated points theoremordinary planes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35) Euclidean geometries (general) and generalizations (51M05) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04)

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